Improvement in folding-lounges



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST .LUnDnEnen 'or CHICAGO, iLIlI-Nois'.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING-LOUNGES.

Spf c"catio:1 forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,843, dated March 18,1873.

To all whom fit may concern:

-Be it known that I, AUGUST LUNDBERG, of Chicago, in the countyr of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding-Lounges, of which the ollowin g is a full, clear, and exact description, which will enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing'forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l represents a front elevation of a folding-lounge which embodies my invention;

Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section of the same; and Fig. 3, a vertical cross-sectie thereof.

My invention relates to a class of lounges constructed so as to be convertible into a bed. The object ot' my invention is to improve the construction and operation of lounges of this class; land to that end my invention consists in certain novel features relating to the operation, construction, and arrangement of certain parts ot'the lounge, and by means of which it is convertible into-a bed, all of which will be hereinafter fully described and set forth.

In the drawing, A represents the backof the lounge, and B B are its legs. (l is a frame or open box, to which the back and legs are attached. D D are bent rods, pivoted in the front and rear of the box G, as shown. E E are sla-ts, and F F are cross-bars, to which the slats E E are attached. VThe slats E E are jointed near one end so as to be capable of being folded upward, as shown at E in Fig. 2 5 and they are also attached to the rods D D by means of the loops or staples e e. It may now be observed that by lifting up the free end of the part E the slats E E may be raised and lowered, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4. When the slats E E occupy either their highest or lowest position they may be retained in either position by returning the part E to its original position. G is a bed-bottom, provided with the pivoted legs g g, and hinged to the front part of the part (l so as to form an extension of the bottom formed by the slats E E when the latter are in the position indicated by the full lines in Figf2. One side of the bottom G is upholstered so as to form a seat or bottom for the lounge, and the other `side is provided with slats or straps, as shown in Fig. 3, suitable for the purpose of supporting bedding. I employ a folding-mattress of a size which will admit of its being readily arranged, when folded, between the slats E E and the bottom G, and when the slats are arranged in the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2 and the bottom is in the position shown in Fig. 1. In converting the lounge into a bed the bottom G and its legs are arranged in the position shown in Fig. 3, the slats E E are raised, and the mattress is unfolded and laid over the bottom thus formed. H is the head of the lounge.

H is a frame, to which the lower part of the head H is hinged. The frame Hl is hinged to the end of the lounge. Hl is a leaf hinged to the frame H. h is a beveled bar, against which the leaf H swings so as to support the head H, and h is a button, pivoted to the bar h to retain the leaf H in its position. It will be observed that the free end of the leaf Hll is arranged for contact with the bar h. I is a spring-bolt arranged on the inner end of the frame H', and engaging the cross-bar 't' of the bottom G. J is a strap to prevent the outer end of thehead H frombeinglifted from the leaf H. j is a cord attached to the bolt I, and arranged so that the latter may be drawn by means of the cord. When the cord yis released .the bolt returns to its engagement with the bar i. The bottom G is out away so as to receive the frame H', and so that the latter will be in the same horizontal plane occupied by the bottom, as shown in Fig. 1. By releasing the leaf H the head H lnay be arranged in the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. By drawing the bolt I the head H may be arranged in the position indicated by the full lines in Fig. 2, in which case the frame Hl constitutes the hea-d of the bed. The bolt I is beveled so that it will return to its engagement with the bar i when the head H is returned to its original position. The head H and the back A may be upholstered in any suitable manner.

It will be observed from the foregoing del scription that the lounge may be used either as a lounge, or as a single bed, or as a double bed; that the head of the lounge is adjustable; and that the conversions are readily made.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination and arrangement, in a spring-boit I, and the button h, and the straps folding-lounge, of the jointed bed-bottom E E', J or equivalent fastening devices, all operatloops or staples e e, and the bent and pivoted ing together substantiaily as specified.

rods D D, substantially as specified, and for Y AUGUST LUNDBERG.l the purposes set forth. Witnesses:

2. The combination and arrangement, in a. N. C. GRIDLEY, Y

folding-lounge, ofthe head H, part H,1eaf H, F. F. WARNER. 

